Getting the Trees program

There are versions of the Trees program both for Macs and PCs.

If you are using the pcs in the Linguistics Department's microlab (B12/B10, AFB) the Trees program is already installed (as are some grammar files for it. If you can find the program on the pc (you should be able to access it from the "Programs" menu), you can skip the rest of the instructions on this page and proceed straight to opening the program and start work (or play).

Otherwise, the quickest way to obtain the program if you are a student at Edinburgh is to download it from our web site. Always be sure that you are dowloading the appropriate version for the platform that you are using:

• To obtain the Mac version of the Trees program just click here.
  Note that the program is in binhex format. If your browser is configured to use an appropriate helper application the program should be downloaded and converted automatically if you click on the link above. You can also download the simple practice grammar tool practice.gr .
• To obtain the PC version of the Trees program right-click here to download the program. With some combinations of browsers and pcs, you might have to click on "Save target as". This should initialise the dowloading process. When it's done, you should have the program: a file called "Trees3.0b1", with an icon that looks like a diamond with a hand in front. To proceed any further, you need also a grammar file. The pc version of the one that generated the pictures in these instructional files is practice-pc.tgr.

Now you can proceed to open the program and start work.

The Mac program and the grammar files are small. So if you are on a public machine but want to avoid having to go through this each time you use the program you can just put the program, the grammar files you are using, and any files you create onto a floppy.

The PC version of the program appears to be too big to fit onto a floppy; the developers have been contacted concerning this. For the moment you have at least three options:

• Work on a pc in the TAAL microlab; the Trees program (and some grammar files) has already been installed for your use.
• Download the program onto the machine where you are working.
• Obtain a self-extracting compressed version of the program on a floppy disk from Eddie Dubourg

If you have difficulty downloading the program, please contact Eddie or me